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Nama-rupa

For Nama-rupa we have a term and definition in Classic Yoga.



Nama-rupa (Classic Yoga)

Literally, "name & form," being the standard linguistic, visual, and tactile reference points for a living being- or any other object in the universe. Distinguished from sva-bhava, a person's or thing's "own true being," or from Atman, a being's true "Self."The term namarupa is used frequently in Buddhist literature and post-Buddhistic yoga literature to represent the exoteric nature of things, as distinguished from their true nature.




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